German homeschooling family granted asylum in U.S. since homeschooling illegal in Germany

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Posted by Howard Richman on 1/29/2010:

The above photo is from the Washington Times. It shows the the Romeike family homeschooling their children at their home in Morristown, Tennessee. On January 24, an immigration judge gave that family permission to immigrate into the United States in order to get political asylum, since homeschooling is illegal in Germany.

Here is a selection from an article about the historic decision which appeared in yesterday´s The Christian Post:

In his ruling, Judge Lawrence O. Burman acknowledged that not every country can be expected to follow the United States’ Constitution. But in the case of the Romeikes, formerly of Bissingen, Germany, Burman said the rights that were being violated were “basic human rights that no country has a right to violate.”

“Homeschoolers are a particular social group that the German government is trying to suppress,” the judge stated in his decision, according to the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), which represented the family in their case.

Though Germany is a democratic country and a U.S. ally, Burman noted Tuesday that its policy against homeschoolers is “repellent to everything we believe as Americans.”

Howard

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